Ok. I have a regular jarhead(Marine) player who will be shipping out for a combat zone next month. Where and when we don't need to know. Jarhead is a good player and a good dm I hear so he does want to play when he arrives at station. Random Questions begins with "IF he is on base ..."
Q1. Does the Moral and Support contacts have access to printers so he can print out AL Adventurers and player sheets?
Q2. Is access to D&D restricted? Any in country rules about not shipping him Volo's, dice, etc?
Q3. Does a library of D&D book already exist?
Q4. Should Jasper just wait till Jarhead is over there and let Jarhead get the information from his specific duty location?
My answers are based on experiences from when I deployed over a decade ago, so may not reflect current operational parameters.
1) The availability of printers will depend on the base. If he ends up spending most of his time at a forward operating base, he's not going to game. I would be more concerned about accessing the Internet to connect with you guys back in the states, though. It's been awhile, but I suspect most bases aren't offering wi-fi for the soldiers. Operational security.
At Kandahar Airfield in the early 2000's, there was a computer room for soldiers to communicate with loved ones back in the US, but the connection was crap and you were limited to 30 minutes or something.
2) You can mail books and dice, no problem. It's not really any different than mailing stuff in the US, just an extra plane ride across the pond.
3) Not sure what you mean. If you mean online, I'm sure it's possible to find any published material somewhere. Base communications are heavily monitored, so he ought to think twice about downloading copyrighted material. If you're asking if there's a library on base that might contain D&D books, it's certainly possible. Again, will depend on the base. The Kanadahar 'library' was mostly crappy romance novels and westerns. Hopefully our soldiers have better reading material available these days, but I wouldn't count on many (if any) of them having a collection of D&D books.
4) No. Stuff like communicating with people back home can and should be discussed during the pre-deployment phase. You should encourage him to ask his superiors how viable D&D will be at their destination base before leaving. They might not know for certain either, however.